Quote Originally Posted by Kaitoo View Post
Conclusion: If they gonna introduce a new race, something i have no personal desire whatsoever, they should make something that aesthetically (since thats the whole point of races in ff xiv) we dont have and appeal to people which are not catered by that what we already have instead of other *sarcasm* waifu race *sarcasm off*
That's one view. An opposing view would be that they should create a race that aesthetically appeals to as many players as possible, so as to avoid wasting their time and resources. If only 5% of the player-base would roll a wolfman or a tigerman or a manbearpig, is it -worth- the time and resources used to create that race as a playable race? How does one quantify whether or not a race is successful anyways? Polls from before Heavensward launched didn't even show the Au Ra related option as being nearby as popular as Half-Breeds, Viera, or 3rd options for existing races. Square decided to go with Au Ra anyways, and while Au Ra females are immensely popular, their male counterparts are sorely underplayed.

Analyze that data above and the data you can gather from other playable races and their populations along the male and female divide and you begin to notice a trend; the majority of the playerbase seems to enjoy the small waifu females, and pretty-boy males. To say that female characters are dominated by the Midlander, Au Ra, and Miqo'te options would not be a fallacy, nor would it be a fallacy to say that for male characters the bulk fall into Miqo'te and Midlanders. That isn't to say other races don't have a healthy population among players, but its clear which are the popular races and why.

So which is it more profitable for Square to do? Create a beastman playable race that only 5% of the playerbase will go near? Or create Bunny Girl Waifus and their Pretty Boi Husbandos?